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@SockMonkey After a decade+ of working in child welfare law and finally escaping, this is exactly the kind of feel good story that makes me tear up. Thank you for sharing it.
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@sao Thank YOU for your work and the difference your dedication made. We are so grateful for the good members of our team who helped us through the process.
I’m not going to lie and act like it’s been easy or that we’ve gotten everything right alone the way. It’s been lots of laughter combined with a lot of frustration and even more apologies as my husband and I were learning. When you step back and think about what THEY’RE dealing with though it makes it easier to keep trying.
I can honestly say my kids are my heroes. They have been given every reason to be bitter and closed off to the world, but they are the kindest humans (kid or adult) and have such big hopes.
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@Gashlycrumb This is why I have to stop typing conversations on my phone. Autocorrect catches a lot of things for me, but if I get even a HINT of distraction (or it scrolls off the screen from typing a lot) I will have some doozies of a “wut?” autocorrect spotting when I see the response.
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My son told me the hairstyle he got at the barber is called the Merman Cut. I told him he looks awesome. Meanwhile, all I can hear in my head:
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I, uh, have a crazy job interview on Monday. I really can’t believe it but going to prep this weekend and hope Monday goes well!
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@Rucket said in Real life happy:
I, uh, have a crazy job interview on Monday. I really can’t believe it but going to prep this weekend and hope Monday goes well!
Quoting my own post to say I had a 2nd one on Thursday and hope to hear something early next week about Interview #3.
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@Rucket said in Real life happy:
@Rucket said in Real life happy:
I, uh, have a crazy job interview on Monday. I really can’t believe it but going to prep this weekend and hope Monday goes well!
Quoting my own post to say I had a 2nd one on Thursday and hope to hear something early next week about Interview #3.
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More of a real life cute, but wanted to share. This is a recent development that now seems to be routine.
Backstory: Our oldest cat has diabetes and has to get injections. Don’t worry, he’s doing fine. Grumpy old man, but his levels are good and he’s moving towards remission. That being said, since he has to get a shot twice a day he gets fed a little away from the other cats and gets some extra cuddles after.
Present Day: One of our youngest cats started to walk up and whine when I was administering the post-shot extra cuddles to Oldest Cat. So I laughed and said, “You only get extra cuddles if you get a shot.” He head donked me and meowed.
Just for fun I took the insulin pen (so solid plastic cap no needle to it) and gave him ‘his shot’. I said “There you go! Good job!” and cuddled him.
Now he comes up every feeding, every injection, and waits his turn patiently for ‘his shot’ and extra cuddles.
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@SockMonkey said in Real life happy:
More of a real life cute, but wanted to share. This is a recent development that now seems to be routine.
Backstory: Our oldest cat has diabetes and has to get injections. Don’t worry, he’s doing fine. Grumpy old man, but his levels are good and he’s moving towards remission. That being said, since he has to get a shot twice a day he gets fed a little away from the other cats and gets some extra cuddles after.
Present Day: One of our youngest cats started to walk up and whine when I was administering the post-shot extra cuddles to Oldest Cat. So I laughed and said, “You only get extra cuddles if you get a shot.” He head donked me and meowed.
Just for fun I took the insulin pen (so solid plastic cap no needle to it) and gave him ‘his shot’. I said “There you go! Good job!” and cuddled him.
Now he comes up every feeding, every injection, and waits his turn patiently for ‘his shot’ and extra cuddles.
Similar story.
Two friends of mine have an old man cat named Speedbump, which is probably the best name a cat has ever had in the history of ever. Speedbump is also diabetic and is doing very well, to the point that he’s down to one injection a day instead of two.
The problem: Speedbump has been trained so well on his routine that he now comes to my friend at 9PM on the dot for his second injection and the treats that come with it. Friend has tried giving Speedbump the treats without the injection, but he knows he has to wait for the injection and will just sit there, staring longingly and meowing for his treats. So now Speedbump gets an injection once a day in the morning, and every night he gets a tiny little pinch on the back so he knows can have his snack.
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See this if you get a chance, it’s pretty awesome fun.
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I’ve been struggling with my current job for awhile as they did not follow through with multiple promises and my role wasn’t what I was hired for even after almost three years. The place was becoming rapidly toxic with gossiping HR ladies, constant financial woes, and some other matters that were making me concerned. But I finally resigned! My new role seems promising, it’s where I realistically should be in my career, and they seem to have their shit together. I’m really excited, and just so happy to finally be free of this place … in two weeks
RL Peeve: they are making me stay TWO WHOLE WEEKS after resigning and are being real dicks about it. But at least it’s temporary!
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Yay! I’m super excited for you. You deserve it and two weeks after years is just a blink of the eye. The quit-itis is real though, I feel that. Good on you for being brave and getting that new job!
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As my return to school isn’t a big deal to anyone in my actual life, I just wanted to share because I can. I am about halfway through my estimated timetable on my degree. I am double majoring with 18 credit semesters while working management for 40+ hours. I’m in accelerated courses to achieve the goal faster. I just got my certificates to say that I have again maintained my dean list holding that I’ve had the whole time and a merit award for taking part in the student insight committee.
That is all. I return you back to the game opens, closes, and dramas.
Thank you for reading.
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@RightMeow Congratulations!
